Answer to Question #242297 in General Chemistry for Tamb323

Question

Inkquill and InkBarn are two competing ink manufacturing companies. Inkquill claims that 

its water soluble black ink is richer in colour than InkBarn’s water soluble black ink. You 

have been hired as an independent consultant to determine whether Inkquill’s claim is true.

Plan and design an experiment to determine whether Inkquill’s claim is true.

Plan and designed. Hypothesis, aim,apparatus, methods and more

Answer 1

WHEN END OF THE PAPER TOWEL STRIP IS SUBMERGED IN WATER THE WATER SOAKS UP THROUGH THE PAPER TOWEL.WHEN WATER PASSES THROUGH THE BLACK INK MARKS IT TAKES PIGMENT COLOR WITH IT,DIFFERENT COLOUR OF PIGMENT TRAVEL WITH THE WATER AT DIFFERENT RATES BECAUSE THE MOLE CULE OF SOME PIGMENTS STICK TO THE PAPER MORE STRONGLY THAN OTHER.SO AS THE WATER TRAVEL IT SEPERATES THE COLOR THIS CALLED CHROMATOGRAPHY.BLACK INK ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE A RAIN BOW.